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George Behlmer

Professor Emeritus
Professor George Behlmer

Fields of Interest

Modern Britain Modern Europe Science and Technology Social History of Family

Biography

Ph.D. Stanford University, 1977

Research

Selected Research

  • Behlmer, George. Risky Shores: Savagery and Colonialism in the Western Pacific. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018. Print.
  • Behlmer, George Singular Continuities:Tradition, Nostalgia, and Identity in Modern British Culture. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2000. Print.
  • Behlmer, George. Friends of the Family: The English Home and Its Guardians, 1850-1940. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998. Print.
  • Behlmer, George. Child Abuse and Moral Reform in England. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1982. Print.

Research Advised

  • Hughes, Rebecca. Africans in the British Missionary Imagination, 1910-1965. Diss. University of Washington, 2010. Chair: George Behlmer.

Related News

Related News

  • In Memoriam: George Behlmer (February 26, 2024)
  • Professor George Behlmer's award-winning book receives Featured Review in AHR (September 24, 2020)
  • A Banner Year For Faculty Books (October 19, 2018)
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